Arthur C Clarke :
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return ... The coming of the rocket brought to an end a million years of isolation ... the childhood of our race was over and history as we know it began.
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Change
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Life and Living
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Past
Gift it
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